Now you may be getting used to seeing Lady Gaga naked and/or covered in face paint - but proving she can always raunch it up an extra Mother Monster notch the star posed up in some sultry underwear.

In more pictures from her nude V Magazine shoot, Gaga poses up, wearing just a black string thong and covering her ample chest with her hands. But forget the Poker Face because all we are looking at are those ribs, it seems Gaga may have stopped munching on plates of pasta and started working out ALL THE TIME.

Unless of course she is holding her breath, which of course is a possibility - we know Gaga does love to challenge our perceptions of the normal.

Gaga, real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, got a whopping FOUR covers on V Magazine - and then proceeded to get starkers inside, with some white face paint and some scary spike heel boots.

The singer is featured on the magazine on four different covers, with each look custom-designed by fashion houses, Balenciaga, Armani, Saint Laurent and Versace.

Poker painted face (Image: Inez & Vinoodh for V Magazine)

Gaga is everywhere at the moment promoting her new single Applause which was rush-released on Monday after it was leaked on the internet. She announced there was 'A POP MUSIC EMERGENCY' on Twitter before explaining, 'DUE TO HACKERS AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW/HIGH QUALITY LEAKS...MY NEW SINGLE 'APPLAUSE' IS OUT TODAY AND CAN BE HEARD ON UNITED STATES RADIO IN 15 MINUTES.'

Are we meant to be looking at the shoes? (Image: Inez & Vinoodh for V Magazine)

In case there was ever any doubt about the weird and wonderful world that is Gaga Land she revealed to Ryan Seacrest on his US radio show KIIS FM on Monday that she wears Michael Jackson's clothes when recording music. She said, "I recently bought a bunch of Michael Jackson clothes - bought a lot of clothes.

"The idea was to keep them for him. I actually don't want to wear them - they're Michael's clothes. I have one of his sweaters that I put on. I wear that when we're mixing and finishing up records. His real clothing.

But wearing it and having it be mine? No."

Don't worry, we're confused too.

Lady Gaga for V magazine (Image: Inez & Vinoodh for V Magazine)

Gaga also spoke about the rumoured 'feud' between herself and Katy Perry after their single release dates clashed on Monday when Gaga bought hers forward. Gaga basically completely trumped Katy's planned release of Roar by announcing her 'POP MUSIC EMERGENCY'.

Gaga explained, "We both just happened to want to put our singles out within a week of each other. It's not necessarily convenient for everyone [she means for Katy] and maybe a little bit awkward, but we don't need to force feed this negativity until everyone explodes - it turns into a competition and it's not what I'm about at all.

Lady Gaga for V magazine (Image: Inez & Vinoodh for V Magazine)

"I really like KP and I really like her fans and I really respect everyone in this industry because it wasn't easy for me to get here and I'm sure it wasn't easy for her to get where she is so I just wanted to put an end to it before it started."